1 This paper will report on the results of three recent surveys into educational provision for pregnant schoolgirls and schoolgirl mothers: these surveys have examined the position in England and Wales, and for the first time, in Scotland and in Northern Ireland. As well as reporting what is currently available for young mothers in the UK, the paper will raise issues of entitlement to a full education for these young women, issues of equal opportunity and issues of access. It will seek to point to questions that need to be considered in terms of policy for young mothers and their children. The political debate in the UK has recently centred on the notion of these young women being a drain on the national purse. This paper will seek to address this notion, and will point to the need for access to credible courses leading to employment and childcare in order to increase the chances of these young women becoming taxpayers, and good parents. #
This paper examines teachers' views of drugs education in primary schools as indicated by the findings of a survey of primary schools (including through primary schools, junior schools and infant schools) in the former County of Avon. Teachers responding to this survey wanted good in-service support, and publications that can be easily understood and used in the classroom. Teachers expressed the need for support in teaching children at Key Stage 1, that is, for children aged 5 to 7 years. Older children currently receive the bulk of attention. Respondents were divided over the need for teaching infant-school children specifically about illegal drugs. Over half felt that such children were too young. However, over 90 per cent felt that drugs education should begin before secondary school. Schools were generally optimistic about the potential impact of drugs education on young people's drug use. However they overwhelmingly stated that schools should not be seen as the sole source of drugs education for young people.
Emergency contraception can be used as a back up if unprotected intercourse occurs or contraception fails. Personal, social and health education (PSHE) co-ordinators may be in a position to provide information about emergency contraception in school in a health promotion context, and for individual pupils. Little is known about what these teachers know about emergency contraception, and whether they see their role as providing pupils with infor mation about it. This paper reports on a survey of PSHE co-ordinators in Avon, South West England. Respondents did believe that it is their responsi bility to teach about contraception (80 per cent), including emergency con traception (69 per cent). The results suggest that there are gaps in respondents' knowledge: 85 respondents (98 per cent) knew of hormonal emergency con traception but knowledge of the correct time limits (72 hours) were known to only 65 per cent of respondents, There is a wide range of intended practices in the giving of confidential information to individual pupils.
1 This paper will report on the results of three recent surveys into educational provision for pregnant schoolgirls and schoolgirl mothers: these surveys have examined the position in England and Wales, and for the first time, in Scotland and in Northern Ireland. As well as reporting what is currently available for young mothers in the UK, the paper will raise issues of entitlement to a full education for these young women, issues of equal opportunity and issues of access. It will seek to point to questions that need to be considered in terms of policy for young mothers and their children. The political debate in the UK has recently centred on the notion of these young women being a drain on the national purse. This paper will seek to address this notion, and will point to the need for access to credible courses leading to employment and childcare in order to increase the chances of these young women becoming taxpayers, and good parents. #
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